This petition is going to be sent to all of the US Representatives and US Senators that represent the people signing this petition. We need to do something about these gas prices. They are averaging (as of 4/25/2008) $3.60 a gallon. The price is over $4.00 in some parts of the country! I'm not going to sit here and say that we need to boycott stations or companies. That will not work. However, the US Congress has the power to pretty much do whatever they want. We need to tell them that they need to put a cap on prices. What are the oil companies going to do, stop selling gas in the United States? I don't think so. As one of major consumers of gas and oil in the world, they could not afford to lose us as customers. A lot of our Congressmen get special interest money from a lot of these companies. And the one thing keeping them in their position is our vote. Remember, they are our representatives! They are there to do our bidding, not just theirs! I am proposing that we cap prices at $3.50 a gallon nationwide. If our representatives don't enact some type of capping on gas and oil prices, then we need to vote them out! One person doesn't have that strong of a voice. However, if just a 1,000 sign the petition in the 5th Congressional Disctrict here in PA (my home district), that is a significant portion of citizens. Any representative that does not vote to do something on the national level, I will actively support anyone that runs against them. And I urge you to do the same. So please sign this petition to show OUR representatives that we mean business!
